Aristophanes’ play "Plutus"

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ancient Greek comedy play work by Aristophanes

Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" is an ancient Greek comedy that satirically explores wealth, poverty, and social justice through the personification of the god of wealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
work by Aristophanes ⓘ
addresses corruption ⓘ
distribution of wealth ⓘ
moral desert and reward ⓘ
role of the gods in human affairs ⓘ
alternativeTitle Wealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDateOfFirstPerformance 388 BC ⓘ
author Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralMotif blindness and restoration of sight ⓘ
personification of wealth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
featuresCharacter Cario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chremylus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hermes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Just Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plutus (god of wealth) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poverty (Penia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priest of Zeus ⓘ
Unjust Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceFestival City Dionysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Old Comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasSurvivingText yes ⓘ
influenceOn later European comic drama about money and morality ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory ⓘ
comic dialogue ⓘ
parabasis ⓘ
personification ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition Attic Old Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme economic inequality ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalTitleInGreek Πλοῦτος NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalAspect questions whether wealth should follow virtue ⓘ
plotSummary The poor Athenian Chremylus seeks to cure the blindness of the god Plutus so that wealth will be distributed according to merit rather than chance. ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameAuthor Lysistrata NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Birds NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Clouds NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure choral comedy ⓘ
themeContrast justice versus injustice ⓘ
wealth versus poverty ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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Ploutos → mentionedIn → Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" ⓘ
Plutus → mentionedIn → Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aristophanes' play Plutus
Plutus → notableWorkAppearance → Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aristophanes' comedy Plutus